New England Lawn Club Wedding from Melani Lust Photography

“I’ve never been married.” “I’m wise!

“When I was seven years old I somehow managed to get my little finger stuck in an elevator door. My mum had to hit the emergency stop button and eventually help arrived – in the form of a janitor with a crowbar! He forced open the doors to release my poor pinkie.” #london #england #elevator #funny #childhood

“I was one of the first officers on the scene at the Aldgate underground station in the 2005 Tube bombings. The scenes were just horrific. There were things I saw which I don’t want to talk about. I had initially been told that there had been a train crash, but it was clear when we arrived that it was something much more devastating. Little did I know when I woke up that morning that this day would be one of the most grim of my life.” #london #england #tubebombings #police #story

“I was up here a few weeks ago and there were three Spanish girls wanting to get a photograph with the bridge behind them. I offered to take the picture so they could all be in the shot. In doing so, I thought I would play a bit of a practical joke and pretend to run away with the camera when they gave it to me. As one of the girls handed me her camera I grabbed it and started running, only to hear a disgruntled scream from behind me. I looked back to [...more] #bristol #england #prank…

“The time I felt most guilty was when I was on an expedition in the Arctic Circle. We saw a polar bear with her two cubs in the distance so we decided to move a bit closer to get some photos. As we drew closer the sound of our snowmobiles appeared to startle them and suddenly they started sprinting away across the ice. One of the cubs was completely confused and started running in the opposite direction to its mother. We knew that unless[...more] #bristol #england #polarbear #adventure…

“I wanted to be a professional footballer when I grew up. I realised that I wasn’t good enough so when I finished school I went travelling for a year and mucked around doing odd jobs here and there. I’ve just started a new role as a pensions administrator – a proper job! I think if I could live my last few years again I would try work out what I wanted to do at an earlier age. If I had done my mucking around earlier I would’ve been[...more] #bristol #england #football #gapyear #properjob…

“Be true to yourself. When I was younger I felt that to be accepted by others I needed to gossip about my peers and talk negatively about them. This wasn’t me. I’m not like that! Don’t feel pressured into doing something you don’t want to do just for the sake of acceptance.” #bristol #england #acceptance #gossip #peerpressure

“I like to draw people. The challenge of translating a person’s posture and facial expressions from what I see with my eyes onto paper really excites me. In five years I hope to be an animator working on video games or films.

“He taught me how to roller-skate.

“The hardest thing for me was being diagnosed with cancer at 14. What made it worse was that my friends then deserted me, which led to depression. I was fighting two enemies and in some ways the depression was the tougher of the two. I moved to Bristol from Paris a few weeks ago to study and help me improve my English. I see it as a new start. I’m still battling the cancer, but it’s going okay.” #bristol #england #cancer #depression #study #paris #newstart #inspiration

“I had my first shot of heroin when I was 14 years old. 18 years of drug addiction then took a hold of me. In 2003 I was the victim of a drug related attack which left me partially paralysed and sight impaired. I then lost my mum’s house to a drug raid. I decided enough was enough and decided to go clean. I’ve been off the drugs for almost three years now and I even sponsor addicts through various rehab programs. If I could give [....more] #gloucester #england #drugs #rehab #heroin…

“I’m doing a photography project called Captured Earth. You can go to the project’s website to see— ” “Oh computers! I had a play with a computer a few years ago but I just don’t like the way everything happens so quickly! I sent an electronic mail to my sister in America and received a reply in two minutes! I much prefer handwritten letters and the anticipation that forms when you’re forced to wait a month for a reply.” #cheltenham #england #handwrite #computers #ihatecomputers

“I moved over from Chennai, India with a Masters in Computer Science. I came to Cheltenham to improve my english communication skills and share my IT expertise. It’s been a great experience, although I think I’ll eventually move back.